Anita Palepu
Current Roles:
Internal Medicine specialist, St. Paul’s Hospital
Program Director for the General Internal Medicine Fellowship Program, University of British Columbia
Researcher – Dr. Palepu is a researcher at the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences at St. Paul’s Hospital. Her research interests include: urban health, substance use, harm reduction, addiction treatment, social determinants of health such as housing and homelessness, and quality of life
Description:
Dr. Palepu engages in research related to substance use and addiction treatment among vulnerable groups. She has examined the substance use patterns among homeless participants of the Vancouver At Home Study and its relationship with residential stability.
Dr. Palepu’s other areas of interest are: Health and Underhousing, Access and Resources to Health care, and Health education and advocacy
Get involved – Dr. Palepu is interested in connecting with students, practitioners, and members of the community to provide mentorship, opportunities in advocacy work, research, academic conversations, idea generation, and knowledge translation. She invites all the relationships that may come from the Social Medicine Network and is excited to see what develops.
Contact:
apalepu@hivnet.ubc.ca
Telephone: 604-682-2344 ext 63194